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Evelyn Glennie, Jon Hemmersam, Szilárd Mezei, M.J. Stevens: The Core-tet Project

Read "The Core-tet Project" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Quattordici improvvisazioni di durata varia (da poco più di un minuto a quasi nove) compongono questo album dagli esiti abbastanza diversificati. La partenza, e tutta la prima parte, regalano in effetti momenti degni di attenzione, costruzioni non banali, anche ricche (a tratti), diremmo ispirate. Col trascorrere dei brani, tuttavia, viene un po' a mancare non tanto ...

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Kenny Werner: The Space

Read "The Space" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo


Per Kenny Werner la decisione di affrontare questo progetto per solo pianoforte è riconducibile ad una duplice istanza: una ricerca del suono limpido e rarefatto, illuminata da un volatile pensiero interpretativo inteso a considerare gli standard come volano di un più complesso e dilatato percorso creativo. In linea con le rilevanti esperienze discografiche del sessantasettenne pianista ...

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Giovanni Guidi: Avec le temps

Read "Avec le temps" reviewed by Mark Sullivan


Italian pianist Giovanni Guidi leads a quintet through a lyrical, mostly original program. The core band is the Giovanni Guidi Trio with American double bassist Thomas Morgan and Portuguese drummer João Lobo, as heard on This Is The Day (ECM Records, 2015) and City Of Broken Dreams (ECM Records, 2013). They are joined by tenor saxophonist ...

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Dustin Laurenzi: Snaketime: The Music Of Moondog

Read "Snaketime: The Music Of Moondog" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Many genius artists have been labeled as freaks or lunatics because they didn't conform to the standards of civil society, let alone the codes of behavior for musicians. Thelonious Monk, Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Sun Ra are obvious examples of brilliant creators whose music endures and is celebrated. Add to that list Louis Thomas Hardin (1916-1999) ...

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Michael Bisio / Kirk Knuffke / Fred Lonberg-Holm: Requiem for a New York Slice

Read "Requiem for a New York Slice" reviewed by Mark Corroto


This remembrance of Mike Panico, the owner, producer, and partner with Kevin Reilly of Relative Pitch Records was recored just three days after his death. Kudos to Iluso Records for honoring their fallen colleague with this very special recording. The trio heard here are bassist Michael Bisio, cornetist Kirk Knuffke, and cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm. Knuffke and ...

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Jennifer Wharton: Bonegasm

Read "Bonegasm" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Esattamente sessant'anni fa Melba Liston incideva Melba Liston and Her Bones, presentando due ensemble con ognuno quattro tromboni più ritmica. Quel disco dimenticato della grande trombonista è un antecedente significativo di quanto fa oggi Jennifer Wharton. È ovviamente improprio stabilire connessioni con un'opera così lontana nel tempo ma sul versante della ricchezza espressiva, melodica e ritmica ...

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Roman Filiu: Quarteria

Read "Quarteria" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


L'altosassofonista cubano Román Filiú, classe 1972, dopo un lungo girovagare approdato otto anni fa negli States (New York), trovando in particolare una sua collocazione ideale accanto a Henry Threadgill, firma quello che dovrebbe essere il terzo album a suo nome, alla testa di un settetto denominato come il disco stesso, Quarteria. La doppia ...

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Johnathan Blake: Trion

Read "Trion" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Johnathan Blake, an in-demand drummer who has contributed to recordings by trumpeter Tom Harrell and guitarist Russell Malone, presents an ambitious two-CD set, Trion, a chordless trio affair with a pair of fellow first-callers, saxophonist Chris Potter and bassist Linda May Han Oh. The ground was broken for this particular format by saxophonist Sonny Rollins' A ...

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Raphael Malfliet: LE10 18-05

Read "LE10 18-05" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


Belgian-born electric bassist and composer Raphael Malfliet continues to explore the complex worlds of sound that he introduced on his acclaimed debut, Noumenon (Ruweh Records, 2016). However, his second album LE10 18-05 shifts focus from the tight constellation of the trio to the extended possibilities of a large acoustic ensemble. On Noumenon, Malfliet already ...

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Bill Frisell, Thomas Morgan: Epistrophy

Read "Epistrophy" reviewed by Mario Calvitti


Il ritorno di Bill Frisell nel 2017 in casa ECM come titolare, anche se in coabitazione col contrabbassista Thomas Morgan, era stato accolto con entusiasmo, e il loro disco Small Town, registrato dal vivo al Village Vanguard di New York, unanimemente considerato uno dei migliori album dell'anno. Viene pubblicato ora, preannunciato dallo stesso chitarrista nel corso ...


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